Deserted and offensive building

Deserted and offensive building: If any building, by reason of dilapidation, neglect, abandonment, misuse or disputed ownership, or of its remaining untenanted, is -

1. (a) becoming a resort of idle and disorderly persons having no ostensible means of subsistence, or who cannot give a satisfactory account of themselves, or
2. (b) coming into use for any unsanitary or immoral purpose, or
3. (c) affording a shelter to snakes, rats or other dangerous or offensive animals or insects, and is thereby open to the objection that it is a nuisance or so unwholesome or unsightly as to be a source of discomfort, inconvenience or annoyance to the neighbourhood or to persons passing by such building, require the owner or the persons claiming to be the owners, to cause the building to be demolished within a reasonable period not less than seven days from the date of such notice; and in the event of non-compliance of such notice, the Executive Council may on the expiry of the period specified, forthwith cause the building to be demolished, and sell the materials thereof and apply the sale proceeds to defray expenses incurred for doing so; and if the sale proceeds do not cover the expenses so incurred, the balance thereof shall be recovered from the owner of the persons claiming to be the owners.